Archive for August, 2017
Aug
21
2017
 
Total Eclipse of the Sun—1999 SalzburgPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThen you flew your Learjet up to Nova Scotia To see the total eclipse of the sun Carly Simon/You’re So Vain There hasn’t been a total solar eclipse in the contiguous United States since Feb. 26, 1979. So today is s a big deal here is the States. The eclipse will be visible along the path […] “After his break with Mr. [Dean] Martin in 1956, Mr. Lewis went on to a successful solo career, eventually writing, producing and directing many of his own films.” David Kehr, New York Times Actor, comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis died today in Las Vegas, so I thought I’d pull some quotes of his from a string […]
Aug
20
2017
The Benefits of Failure (From a Former Struggling Writer Now Worth Over $1 Billion)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThis is a reprint of my 2010 post J.K. Rowling on the Benefits of Failure that touches on her life before writing the Harry Potter series of books. “A mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and […] “Everything I do I just assume I’m going to fail. All seems impossible but I’m very scared of failure –you know, everyone is –and that sence of the impossibility gets me to crank up the turbines. Everything mentally and physically at my disposal I pour into a project.” Sebastian Junger (Author of The Perfect Storm, War, […] I have had many, many failures and I’m a big fan of them…NBC a couple of years ago optioned one of my books and it was going to be a comedy where every week this writer did another wacky experiment and chaos ensued. And it was a total failure—it didn’t get picked up….There was one […]
Aug
17
2017
Three Reminders that Every Working Screenwriter Had to Start at Square OnePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa100 percent of the screenwriters who now have agents at one time didn’t have an agent. 100 percent of screenwriters who are now working at one time weren’t working. 100 percent of the screenwriters who have made money at screenwriting at one time time didn’t made a dime.” Michael Hauge Writing Screenplays that Sells page […]
Aug
16
2017
Canadian screenwriter who has ‘yet to step foot in L.A.’ sells script that will star Anne HathawayPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“If there are two writers, one living in Toronto obsessively focused on quality and craft, and another in Hollywood, looking to make contacts — my money’s on the out of town writer all the way.” Screenwriter Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean) I Love LA Wordplayer Screenwriting Column 33 (Also used in my 2009 post […]
Aug
15
2017
Nostalgia: The Pain from an Old WoundPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“In Greek nostalgia literally means the pain from an out wound…”
Aug
14
2017
‘If I were a California writer…’—Garrison KeillorPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“If I were a California writer, I would try to describe this sense of easiness and perhaps tie it to the landscape and the climate. I’d write about people in love with their home. But they must deal with the same troubles that afflict other humans, and not only mudslides, earthquakes, and brush fires, but […]
Aug
14
2017
The Perfect Mad Men MonologuePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWay back when I studied acting it was years before the Internet came along. So you’d hang out at the Samuel French bookstore on Sunset Blvd. flipping through plays searching for a monolgue that you hadn’t seen 100 times. (“I coulda been somebody…) There were also a few books that had collects of monologues. I […] |
